People Hacker

Jenny Radcliffe

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781398519015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398519008
• Topic: Computer Science
• Index: Computer Science

'This is a rip-roaring read, full of derring-do and sometimes comic, often foolhardy bravery. [Jenny] sounds an absolute hoot, and her book is never anything less' – Daily Mail

‘A fascinating and quirky take on how easily we can be hoodwinked and hacked. Next time you hear anyone complain about the cost of cyber-protection, hand them a copy of People Hacker. It could save them a fortune’ – The Times

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'From an early age, locked doors, high fences and the secrets kept by businesses, buildings and people, fascinated me. I wanted to find out what they wanted to hide away.'

A burglar for hire, con-artist and expert in deception and physical infiltration – Jenny Radcliffe is a professional people hacker. After being schooled in the art of breaking and entering by her family, she became an expert social engineer, doing an insider’s job to exploit the flaws and weaknesses in top-grade security operations.

In People Hacker, Jenny reveals how she uses her inimitable blend of psychology, stagecraft and charm to gain access to top-grade private and commercial properties. From the back streets of Liverpool to the City of London's Square Mile, across rooftops, cellars and staircases in Europe to the mansions of gangsters in the Far East, Jenny has risked it all to earn the title ‘People Hacker’.

This is Jenny insider’s account of how her working-class upbringing, northern sense of humour and femininity in a male-dominated industry all helped her to become one of the most sought-after social engineers in the world. Told in her trademark colourful style, and packed full of stories of the crazy and dangerous situations she has found herself in along the way, Jenny shines a light on the security mistakes we all make – and how to avoid them.  

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: Fancy an Upgrade?
• Chapter 2: The Lion and the Light Bulb
• Chapter 3: The Daisy Challenge
• Chapter 4: The Eighth Floor
• Chapter 5: Pocket Money
• Chapter 6: Parrots and Peacocks
• Chapter 7: Doors and Diaries
• Chapter 8: The Devil on the Roof
• Chapter 9: Rabbits
• Chapter 10: Mr Big
• Chapter 11: Pest Control
• Chapter 12: The Cat and the Cake
• Chapter 13: Falling
• Chapter 14: Hamburg
• Chapter 15: Turning Out the Lights
• Chapter 16: Gorillas and Demons
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright